Drawer guide and support for knockdown furniture.



. N01. 850,906. PATENTED APR. 23, 1907.

A. T. GLAPP & P. W. BANGROFT. DRAWER GUIDE AND SUPPORT 1m KNOGKDOWNFURNITURE.

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- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALLEN T. CLAPP AND PHILBURT W. BANCROFTOF GOUVERNEUR, NEW YORK.

DRAWER GUIDE AND SUPPORT FOR KNOCKDOWN FURNITURE.

Patented April 23, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALLEN T. CLAPP and PHILBURT W. BANCROFT, citizensof the United States, residing at Gouverneur, in the county of St.Lawrence, in the State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in a Drawer Guide and Support for Knockdown Furniture, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates generallyto bureaus, dressers, and similararticles of furniture in which drawers are employed; and the object ofthe invention is to provide an article of furniture of this kind whichcan be shipped in knockdown form and which can be quickly and easily setup at its destination.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the various partsthat the drawers will slide freely and easily in the casing after it hasbeen set up. As a rule an article of furniture in which one or moredrawers are employed require the draw-guides to be so accuratelyarranged as to preclude making the case as a knockdown case; but bymeans of our invention we avoid this difficulty and provide the drawerwith an adjustable support by means of which accuracy and ease ofmovement can be had after the case or cabinet has been set up.

With these and certain other objects in view the invention consists inthe novel fea tures of construction hereinafter fully described, andpointed out in the claim.

In the drawings forming apart of this specification, Figure 1 is aperspective view of a bureau constructed in accordance with ourinvention, one corner thereof being broken away to disclose the featuresof our invention. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view showing theguide-rods and one end of the drawer and the adjustable supportconnected Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of a bureau or dresserembodying our invention. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section of thesame.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates the top, B the back, C the sides,and D the front of thebureau or dresser, said parts being constructedsubstantially the same as heretofore-that is, each part consists of endposts and panels, said posts being dovetailed or otherwise connected toprovide the usual form of case or cabinet.

E indicates the drawers, which are constructed the same as usual andrest at their forward end upon the front rails D, which constitute apart of the front of the bureau. F indicates guide-rods, preferablyround in cross-section, said guide-rods being arranged adjacent each endof each drawer and are held between the end posts of the front and backof the bureau or case.

The rear end of each drawer is supported by-means of the supports G andH, said supports being made of wood or metal, as preferred, and arenotched at their outer ends, as shown, in order to embrace theguide-rods F. The support G is preferably permanently attached to theend of the drawer by means of screws; but the support H is adjustablyconnected, so that it can be moved laterally in order to accurately fitthe adjacent guide-rod F, and in order to accomplish this adjustment weprovide a longitudinal slot E in the back of the drawer adjacent theend, and through it a bolt H is adapted to pass, a

winged nut H being fastened upon the inner end of the bolt. for thepurpose of securely connecting the support to the end of the drawer.

It will thus be seen that we provide a novel means for support andguiding the drawer, and it will also be understood that by means of thisconstruction the case or cabinet can be shipped in a knocked downcondition and can be quickly and easily set up at its destination andeach drawer adjusted with reference to a the guiderods, so as to slidefreely and easily within the said case or cabinet.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with a case having a drawer, of parallel rods arrangedin the case at opposite ends of the drawer, supports secured to the rearside of the drawer and parallel thereto, said supports extending beyondthe ends of the drawer and notched at their ends to engage the rods, therear wall of the drawer being longitudinally slotted, a bolt passingthrough the slot of the drawer and through the support, and a winged nutarranged on the bolt within the drawer.

' ALLEN T. CLAPP PHILBURT W. BANCROFT.

Witnesses:

KEITH A. DoDDs, SPENCER W. SEVERANOE.

